Ironing-table support.



C. H. FOREMAN.

Patented Apr. 4, 1.916.

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IRONING-TABLE SUPPORT.

Specification bf Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 4:, 1916.

Application filed February 26, 1915. Serial No. 10,837.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that L'GLARENCE H. Fonn- MAN, acitizen of the United States, residing at Valencia, in the county ofButler and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Ironing-Table Supports, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention is an improved combined clothes rack, ironing board andclothes basket, the object of the invention being to provide an improveddevice of this character which is cheap and simple in construction andwhich is foldable and is adaptedto be compactly disposed, out of theway, when not in use.

The invention consists in the features of construction, combination, andarrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a clothes.

rack, ironing boardand clothesbasket constructed in accordance withmy'invention, showing the same set up and arranged ready for use. Fig. 2is a detail side elevation, partly in section, of the same. Fig. 3 is anelevation of the same in folded condition.-

Fig. 4 is a detail section illustrating the manner of connection of theironing board with the attaching bar.

In accordance with my invention I providea clothes rack 1 which,comprises a pair of upright bars 2 and a series of bars 3 the ends ofwhich are secured on the front sides of the bars 2. I also provide apair of props 4 the upper ends of which are connected by hinges 5 to theupper ends of the bars 2 to permit the props to be moved outwardly fromor folded against the rack asdesired. The props are connected togetherby a pair of crossed braces 6. On one side of the rack is an attachingbar 7 which is connected to the rack and held in spaced relation to oneof its uprights 2 by means of a pair of arms 8. This attaching bar has alongitudinal slot 9.

taching bar 7. A T-bolt 16 passes through the opening in the arm 15, itshead bearing on the front side of the attaching bar and its nut 17bearing against the rear side of the attaching bar. This T-bolt inconnection with the connecting hinge permits the ironing board to bevertically adjusted on the attaching bar so that it may be arrangedabove the fioor at any desired height.

The ironing board is provided with a pair of supporting legs 18 and apair of sup porting legs 19. The supporting legs 18 are pivotallyconnected as at 20 to the underside of the ironing board at a point asuitable distance from the inner end of the latter, by a rung 21 whichconnects the upper end of the legs 18 and passes through staples orother suitable pivoting devices 22 with which the ironing board isprovided. A rung 23 connects the legs 18 at their lower ends. A rung 24:connects them near their centers and also passes through openings nearthe centers of the legs 19, thereby pivotally connecting the legs 18.The legs 19 are connected near their upper ends by a rung 25 and neartheir lower ends by a rung 26. A rod 27 is pivotally connected to therung 25 and is slightly engaged with the keeper staples 28 on theunderside of the ironing board, near the outer end of the latter. Hencethe upper ends of the supporting legs 19 may be slidably related to theironing board and engaged with any of a series of cleats 30 with whichthe iron ing board is provided on its underside so that the supportinglegs may be adjusted to hold the ironing board at any desired height.When the supporting legs are folded against the lower side of theironing board they may be held in such folded position by means of ahook 31 with which the ironing board is provided, said hook beingengaged with the rung which serves to pivotally connect the supportinglegs together. The ironing board-may be folded up against the attachingbar 7 and the rack may be also folded, as shown in Fig. 3, thus enablingthe entire device to be readily compactly disposed and put out of theway when not in use.

I also provide a clothes basket 33 which is formed by a cloth 35 ofsuitable dimensions, and of substantially oblong rectangular form and aninverted substantially U- shaped front frame 35. The arms 36 andintermediate portion 37 of the frame 35 are respectively attached to theends and front side of the cloth, said arms being pivotall connected asat 38 to the bars 2 of the rac at points near the lower ends of saidbars. Hence this frame is adapted to be closed up against the rack or tobe opened out therefrom. Hook arms 39 are pivotally connected to theframe 35 near its ends and are detachably engaged with keeper staples 40on the front sides of the bars 2. These hook arms are connected togethernear their free ends by a rod 42 to which the rear side of the cloththat forms the body of the basket is secured. By first disengaging'thehook arms from the keepers 40 the frame 35 may be folded against therack and the clothes basket collapsed, as will be understood. To securethe clothes basket in such folded condition I provide a bail 43 which ispivotally connected to the bars 2. Suitable cords 44: are provided toconnect the bars '2 'to the in presence of tWo witnesses.

Witnesses E. L. ,NICELY,

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature 35 CLARENCE H. FOREMAN.

C. A. MoKELvEY.

